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Research Article| Volume 113, ISSUE 5, P479-483, May 1993

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Free radicals and other reactive oxygen metabolites: Clinical relevance and the therapeutic efficacy of antioxidant therapy

  • Gregory B. Bulkley
    Correspondence
    Reprint requests: Gregory B. Bulkley, MD, FACS, Mark M. Ravitch Professor of Surgery, Blalock 685, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287-4685.
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    From the Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md., USA
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